Category: candlelight

Cambodia Poll Body Disqualifies Sole Opposition Party From July Election

PHNOM PENH—Cambodia’s election commission on Monday disqualified the sole opposition Candlelight Party from contesting elections in July over its failure to submit proper registration documents. Other parties have signed up to contest the general election, but Candlelight’s disqualification means the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) looks set to run virtually unopposed. Some activists and diplomats…


Carnegie Mellon, Pitt Students Rally Against Chinese Communist Regime

PITTSBURGH, Pa.—About three hundred students attended a candlelight rally at Carnegie Mellon University on Dec. 2 to mourn those who lost their lives in the recent Urumqi fire and support ongoing protests in China. The rally was held in front of The Fence, a symbol of free student voice on Carnegie Mellon’s campus, to express…


Carnegie Mellon Students Rally Against Chinese Communist Regime

PITTSBURGH, Pa.—About three hundred students attended a candlelight rally at Carnegie Mellon University on Dec. 2 to mourn those who lost their lives in the recent Urumqi fire and support ongoing protests in China. The rally was held in front of The Fence, a symbol of free student voice on Carnegie Mellon’s campus, to express…


No Candlelight Vigil for June 4th in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park

This year marks the 33rd anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square massacre. For the first time, there is no June 4 candlelight vigil in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park. By 11 p.m. on the evening of June 3, the government closed the central lawn, soccer field, basketball court, and many entrances to Victoria Park. It…